Knowledge sharing, absorptive capacity, and innovation capability: An empirical study of Taiwan's knowledge-intensive industries

Journal of Information Science

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 340-359

  Liao, Shu Hsien ^a   Fei, Wu Chen ^b   Chen, Chih Chiang ^b  

^a TAMKANG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL DEFENSE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Absorptive capacity; Innovation capability; Knowledge management; Knowledge sharing; LISREL

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POPULATION STATISTICS;

ABSORPTIVE CAPACITY; INNOVATION CAPABILITY; KNOWLEDGE SHARING; POPULATION SAMPLES;

INFORMATION DISSEMINATION;

EID: 34248136984     PISSN: 01655515     EISSN: 17416485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0165551506070739     Document Type: Article

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